next frame?

i've been riding and upgrading my bike over the last year, and when i get these new wheels built up the only original stock parts (from an 04 bianchi pista) left will be the frame and seatpost. so at some point i'll get to the point when i want a better frame. i must say i really like the ride of this frame, but i expect something better quality will be an even better ride. but what frame?

obviously there are used frames to be had in that range, but is there an option for anything new? i can only think of de bernardi, which i think is about that price bracket, but nothing else. so please give me some suggestions and weblinks if possible.

^ all three of those aren't lugged, but well within your budgetary requirements

if you up your budget a bit, you could go for an off-the-peg bob jackson.
there aren't too many new, budget, lugged steel track frame choices out there. De Bernardi is pretty much it.
Your other option is custom, but then that's a lot more $$$

yea and nothing that was posted fits the bill, other than the de bernardi. the one that sounded interesting, the andante bikes ting, was a dead link. what did you end up buying? i know what wheels you have but not the frame

yea and nothing that was posted fits the bill, other than the de bernardi. the one that sounded interesting, the andante bikes ting, was a dead link. what did you end up buying? i know what wheels you have but not the frame

Getting a custom lugged frame w/o a fork for a little more than $500 isn't out of the realms of possibility. There are younger/newer builders who are trying to establish names for themselves and therefore charge a lot less than more established builders.

For example, there's a guy in town here who would almost certainly be able to hook you within that price range, depending on the lugs, tubing, etc that you wanted.

yeah, I got my 3rensho for under 400 and love it. Ceya has his sannino pursuit frame at trackstar, it is a curve top tube but that thing is sweet as hell. If your going to get a keirin frame, they almost always come with a fork, and I'd say ditch the colnago fork and keep the keirin fork, it'll just look weird with a colnago fork on a keirin frame. I'd check trackstar to see if they have frames, it's the closest place that would have any in stock, maybe bikeworks too.

what did you end up buying? i know what wheels you have but not the frame

I didn't buy a frame for that wheelset, but that wheelset belongs to Sophia as pictured:

Reason being, I score a Colnago Super Track, Greta (new wheels - Campy Record hubs on FIR's being built tonight):

I dig the Cramerotti's a lot. Almost considered that before the Colnago came my way. I almost placed an order for the Bob Jackson listed in that thread and above. It comes to about $640 US shipped and is one sexy frame.

I was planning a similar build and colour to this (Turd's ex's bike - sorry for linking!) - I love vanilla/cream:

As suggsted, a used frame is the way to go otherwise (the Cramerotti's are hella nice in my opinion). Wait for e-framebank to open up.